The population of Decatur county is estimated at 11,711. In 2017 there were 119 births and 172 deaths in Decatur county. Decatur county has 1,756 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,078 that are owned free and clear and 1,093 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Decatur County filed 4,580 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.2% of all Tennessee filings and 0.003% of the entire nation. Decatur had a combined total federal tax liability of $27,479,000 on earned income of $189,293,000. Other notable statistics from Decatur County were 230 unemployment claims which collected a total of $817,000 and 420 charitable contributions valued at $2,809,000. 450 filings from Decatur County paid a combined total of $611,000 in property taxes and 390 filings paid $2,463,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Decatur county had 53 religious congregations with an estimated 6,567 members.
11.5% of the Decatur population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 16.7% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 39% of Decatur County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 329 votes.
At $38,988 the median income is 76.0% of the Tennessee average. An estimated 242 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Decatur, the equivalant of around 5.2% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.9%.

Top 15 Industries in Decatur County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,019	Health care and social assistance
443	Manufacturing
335	Retail trade
308	Machinery manufacturing
159	Accommodation and food services
135	Food services and drinking places
117	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
106	Credit intermediation and related activities
106	Depository credit intermediation
106	Commercial banking
106	State commercial banks (banking)
97	Food and beverage stores
97	Grocery stores
97	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
82	Limited-service restaurants

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